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Integration of OE devices with ICs

US11822138B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2021
Grant dateNov 21, 2023
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10H20/857
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical interconnects for IC chips may include optical sources and receivers integrated with the IC chips. MicroLEDs may be mounted on an interconnect layer of the IC chip, and embedded within a waveguide. Photodetectors to receive light from the waveguide may be fabricated in a top surface of a semiconductor substrate, below a level of the interconnect layer, but with a passageway for light through the interconnect layer.

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